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“Don't tell people what you are thinking, or you will miss them terribly when you are away.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
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“I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
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#3
“I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
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#4
“All morons hate it when you call them a moron.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
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holden
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#5
“People never notice anything.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
tags:
holden
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obliviousness
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#6
“People always clap for the wrong reasons.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
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#7
“Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
tags:
holden
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#8
“Sleep tight, ya morons!”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
tags:
goodbye
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holden
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#9
“It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
tags:
absolutes
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holden
,
truth
454 likes
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#10
“Ask her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
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#11
“It's not too bad when the sun's out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
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#12
“It always smelled like it was raining outside, even if it wasn't, and you were in the only nice, dry, cosy place in the world.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
tags:
holden
237 likes
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#13
“It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes.”
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J. D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
tags:
holden
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#14
“Where do the ducks go in the winter?”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
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#15
“I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
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#16
“Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
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flowers
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#17
“That's the whole trouble. When you're feeling very depressed, you can't even think.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
tags:
the-catcher-in-the-rye
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#18
“I can’t explain what I mean. And even if I could, I’m not sure I’d feel like it.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
752 likes
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#19
“I am always saying "Glad to've met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
tags:
friendship
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manners
3123 likes
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#20
“People are always ruining things for you.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
tags:
holden
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#21
“Almost every time somebody gives me a present, it ends up making me sad.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
842 likes
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#22
“If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn't rub out even half the "Fuck you" signs in the world. It's impossible.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
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signs
664 likes
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#23
“This is a people shooting hat," I said. "I shoot people in this hat.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
267 likes
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#24
“Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
tags:
death
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holden
264 likes
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#25
“I know. I'm very hard to talk to. I realize that.”
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J.D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye
174 likes
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#26
“Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold . . .” The pillow seemed to sink a little, and Johnny died.”
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S.E. Hinton,
The Outsiders
tags:
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johnny-cade
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ralph-macchio
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#27
“They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.”
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S.E. Hinton,
The Outsiders
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#28
“You get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin' can touch you...”
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S.E. Hinton,
The Outsiders
577 likes
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#29
“Things are rough all over.”
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S.E. Hinton,
The Outsiders
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truths
509 likes
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#30
“I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man do I have fun!”
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S.E. Hinton,
The Outsiders
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